Partitions for boxes, cartons, and the like



Jan. 5, 1954 A. KATZMAN PARTITION FOR BOXES, CARTONS, AND THE LIKE Filed Nov. 50, 1949 INVENTOR.

ABE KATZMAN FIG, I.

HIS ATTORNEYS.

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Patented Jan. 5, 1954 TATJEYS PATENT 2,665,026 mariners roe B X neurons,

'BHE LIKE Abe- Katzman, Bronx, N. Y. 'Appli'c'ationNovember 30,1949,seria1 No;Bogus) sola'ims. (o1. v217-42.)

This imieritieh relates to ear-tons, taxes and the "like forme "or ardb'oard, permeated beard and "other "similar materials and it 'i'elates particularly to improvements in partitions for "such cartoriafboizesfahd th'e lik'e tb formcompartments therein 'to receive a plurality of articles. I

The partition structures for containers of "the class referred to usually consist of "a plurality 'of strips of "corrugated boarder the like "which are arranged in "intersecting relation by "means. "of notches in "their edges so "that the "partition elements or strips form a grid containin'g 'a plurality of square or rectangular compartments roughl eonrormm f'to the shape and or size of the articles t'o'bepacked therein. Insome'cases, I

a pluralityof gro'ups 'o'f the'se "partition elements are stacked one upon the other so that a "pluralitypi *l'a-yrs of articles rnay "be -'pa'c'ked in a "single =contain'e'r.

' The partitioning grids arealll of the same size and arra'ngemerit so that 'the eompartmexits for receiving the articles are disposed one above the "other. "If -'these articles areof any-substantial Weight, the -'Separat'dr between the several partitioned groups must b'e quite strung to withstand the weight of the articles.

'-In the packagin "of long necked bottles and the like, for example, liqueur bottles, the usual partition structure, -as descrilo'ed above, is "not 've'r'y satisfactory because there is -a great deal "of waste space left in the container 1 around the necks of the liot'tles, 'Any attempt to "increase the nui'nber of bottles 'to he packed in ear-ton having the conventional partition structures has only resulted in the inci ase "in the overall size of the container' with even niore' waste space lft therein.

In accordance with "the present invention, I have provided a partition str ircture 1 in which the several lpartitions making up a grid are posh tioned asymmetrically "so that when several of 'the grids are super-imposed, the "compartments between the ipartition element's are f in 'sta'g gered relation. In this way, the co'mpartme'nts in one partition grid are disposed above the partition elements of "a lower grid. By-su'c'h an arrangement, thin separators may be used between the partition "gridsflfor the weight of the articles in the several compartments are primarily supported; by thepartitions instead of theseparators. 1

2 example, it is possible to pack a dozen bottles in a cart on designed to accommodateninebottles.

For a better understanding of the present invention, referencemay be had to-the accompanyin'g; drawings, in which: I V i 'Fig. 1 is a plan view of a carton containing a partition structure embodying the present in- 'v'erition whichis especially adapted fonpackag ing bottles and the like; and

Fig. 2 is a view in section taken on line "2-2 of 1.

The invention willbe'describe'd with reference to the packing of certain specific articles but it willbe understood that'thek'ind of articlesepacked in the boxes and c'a'irtons'havin'g the new partition structure is immaterial, 'Iheinvention will further be described with reference to conventional corrugated board boxes or cartons although the new partition structures are equally useful in boxesformed'olf other materials. An asymmetrical or offset arrangement of'the partitions isused in boxes'or cartons for bottles and thelike, es'p'ecially'bottles hayine necks which extend about half the overall'liightfdfthe'bottle, for example liqueur bottles, bottles for "toilet preparations a'ndthe like. i p

A typical carton for packaging such bottles andthe partition structures'oi therefor is shown inFigs. l 'and"2. 'Thecarto'n illustrated'ih Figs. 1 and 2'is square and normally would be'so partitioned as to accommodate threerows of "three bottles-each "or a total of nine bottles in such 'a square carton.

By using partition structures of the "type de- "scrihedhereinafter, it is possible to package 12 bottles in a carton of exactly the sarne size, thereby: increasing the effective capacity "of the "carton by2'5%. As shown in Figs. 1 and'2,"the carton 20 has upper and lower grid elements '2! and Z-ZWhi'h areide'ntiealin structure'but, as *shown, "are reversed end "for "end, for a purpose to be described. The upp'ermost partition grid?! is made up -of two spaced'ap'art parallel partition elements 'or strips 23 and "2-4 and two additional pair's 0f transv'erse elements or strips 15,415, 2 an'd z'it. The partitions-"2 3 and '24 are spaced apart a distance equalto about one-third '"of the i'vidt'h of Who b'QX 1'8 and 5 the partition 25 us spaced "from the left-hand ends of the parti- 'tions 23 and -24 "a =-distance about equal to "the spacing between the partitions 23 and 2a. 'The partitions 25, 2G, 21 and ztextendon opposite sides of th partitions and "24 a distance equal to about the spacin *between "the partitions 2 3 and 24.

The partitions 25 and 26 are spaced apart a'bout one third of the distance between tlrezpartitions 13 land -24. The; partitions 2B and 21 are spaced apart a distance-about equal to the spacing between -the-partitions -23 and 24 so "that sixcompartments 29 are provided by the grid which are substantially square in horizontal section to receive rather closely the individual bottles B to be packedtherein. n

The partitions 2'! and 28 are spaced apart about the same distance as the spacing between the partitions 25 and 26 and the partition 23 is spaced from the right-hand ends of the partitions 2 3 and 24 a distance about equal to the spacing between the partitions 21 and 28, thereby providing three rows of small compartments 30, 3! and-32, having a total width substantially equalto-the-widt-h of one row of compartments 29. V I a.

The lowermost grid 22 is made up in exactly the same way, but, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, this grid is reversed end for end so that the narrow -compartments 3B and 3| directly underlie the mid-portions of the largercompartments 29 in the upper grid 2 l. The smaller compartments 30 and 3| of the upper grid are adapted to receive the necks of the bottles disposed in large compartments in the lower grid 22 while the narrow compartments of the lower grid 22 are adapted to receive the necks of the inverted bottles in the upper rows of compartments 29. In order to hold the bottlesv in position, a separator 33 is placed between the upper and lower grids 2! and 22, this separator being provided with twelve holes 34 therein in approximate alignment with the centers of "the compartments 29, 39 and 3!.

Inasmuch as the lower grid 22 contains six large compartments 29, as does the upper grid,

six bottles may be placed in the rows. of large compartments in the lower grid and six bottles 7, may be placed in the compartments 29 in the upper grid ininverted position with the necks of these bottles passing through ,the openings 34 in the separator and being received in the correspondingly aligned smaller compartments 3B and e In this way, all of the bottles have their bases 3|. and their necks housed in separate compartments so that they are amply protected. Moreover, the new partition structure permits twelve bottles to .be packed with very little waste space in a container designed normally to accommodate only nine of these bottles. The saving in space and convenience in packing of the bottles will be most apparent. I

It will be understood that the invention as described above is adapted to the packing of many difierent types of articles and affords better protection to the packed articles than prior structures.

. -While the invention has been described with reference to cartons for a dozen bottles, the invention is easily adapted to the packaging of many more bottles, and, in fact, instead of only two layers of bottles, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the carton may be modified to include four or more layers of bottles, each layer containing fewer or more than six bottles.

It will-be seen that the weight of the uppermost =layer of bottlesis carried almost directly by transverse partitions so that there is little danger of collapse of the partition structure with resulting damage to the bottles.

' prising a receptacle, a first group of partitions including a first pair of partitions extending along 4 and within said receptacle in spaced apart, substantially parallel relation, second and third pairs of partitions intersecting and substantially perpendicular to the first...pair...of..partitions, said second pair of partitions being spaced from the ends of said first pair a distance greater than the space between said second pair, said third pair of, partitions being spaced from said second pair a greater distance than the space between said third pair to form, with said first pair of partitions, rows of" compartments therebetween alternately of greater and lessericross-sectional area, a sepabetween corresponding to the compartments formed by said first, second and third pairs of partitions, the compartments between said second group being oliset with respect to the compartments between the first group to position the compartments of lesser cross-sectional area of the second group in alignment with the openings in alignment with the compartments of greater cross-sectional area between the first group of partitions.

2. The container set forth in claim 1 in which the compartment at one end of each row of compartments is of smaller cross-sectional area than the compartments at the opposite ends of said rows.

3. A container for a plurality of articles comprising a receptacle, a first group of partitions including a first pair of partitions'in said receptacle in substantially parallel relation, second and third pairs of partitions intersecting and substantially perpendicular to the first pair of partitions; said second and third'pairs of partitions dividing the spaces between said first pair of partitions and the walls of said receptacle into rows of compartments alternately of greater and lesser crosssectional areas,'the compartments having'lesser cross-sectional areas being approximately onethird as large as the compartments of greater cross-sectional area, a separator resting on said first groupof partitions in a plane substantially at right angles to the planes of said first group of partitions, a second group of partitions like the first group of partitions and including first, second and third pairs of partitions, the second and third pairs of partitions of said second group being offset and parallel with'respect to the second and third pairs of partitions of said first group to position the compartments of lesser cross-sectional area of the second group above'and in alignment with the compartments of greater cross-sectional area of said first group, and said separator having openings therein positioned substantially centrally of the compartments formed by the first and second groups of partitions.

ABE KATZMAN.

References Cited in the file of this patent 'UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,187,751 Newson Jan. 23, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number 7 Country Date 8'79 Great Britain Jan. 20, 1887 502,126 '4 Great Britain Mar. 13, 1939 598,486 France Sept.28, 1925 

